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Accident Summary Nr: 150101.015 - One employee is killed and another fractures pelvis in trenc

Accident Summary Nr: 150101.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 09/26/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1625551.015	09/26/2022		237110	Furlong Excavating, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on September 26, 2022, four employees were working in a public roadway performing boring operations. The employees dug a trench that was approximately eight feet, nine inches in depth, thirty-four feet long, and twelve feet, nine inches wide for placement of a boring machine. Two employees entered the excavation to perform work. Employee #1 was bent over and using a hammer to drive a stake into the bottom of the excavation and Employee #2 was standing up, using a measuring device to obtain a measurement when the wall on the east side of the excavation broke loose and fell, engulfing the employees in the soil. Employee #1 was crushed under weight of the soil and completely engulfed. Employee #2 was buried up his waist in soil. One of the other employees heard Employee #2 yell and called emergency services. Emergency services arrived on the site to conduct excavation rescue operations. Employee #1 was declared dead on site due to traumatic crushing. Employee #2 suffered a fractured pelvis and was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Boring Machine, Collapse, Crushed, Crushing, Engulfed, Excavation, Fracture, Pelvis, Trench, Trench Box, Trench Digger

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Other				9	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1625551.015	24	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Excavating and loading machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:
2	1625551.015	54	M	Fatality		Construction Laborer	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Excavation Fatality Cause:

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